I think that’s a really good conversation to have.” On Monday, Miranda issued an apology on Twitter, saying, in part, “I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy. “I hear you on trying to fill those cast members with darker skin. “What are your thoughts on the lack of black Latinx people represented in your film?” Chu replied that the team had tried to cast the best actors for the roles, but acknowledged the issue. “Most of your principal actors were light-skinned or white-passing Latinx people,” she said. Journalist Felice León of The Root spoke with director Jon Chu about the casting choices, citing her own identity as a black woman of Cuban descent. Singer Paulette McWilliams on Her Years With Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Steely Dan At the same time, many viewers have expressed disappointment at a lack of Afro-Latino representation in the cast, especially among lead characters. A majority-Latino cast carries the film, starring actors like Anthony Ramos, a star of Miranda’s other Broadway blockbuster, Hamilton, who is of Puerto Rican descent, playing Usnavi Mexican TV actress Melissa Barrera and Bronx-born bachata singer Leslie Grace, who is of Dominican descent.
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The movie version of the Tony Award–winning show hit theaters and HBO Max last week to largely positive reviews and praise for its three-dimensional portrayals of Latin-American characters, not to mention its ambitious full-cast musical numbers. The plot is centered around Usnavi (originally played by Miranda himself), the son of Dominican immigrants, who runs the family bodega but dreams of something bigger. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent, it brought the barrio to Broadway and centered Latino immigrants building a community in New York “north of 96th street” so their children could chase the American Dream. When the musical In the Heights debuted in 2008, it was considered a triumph of Latin American story-telling.
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